The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1887-04-23
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upon gu CHI summon, refuse or neg
lect to attend, with the tools de>lg-
mated, and to their duty either Ia
person or by sending in their place,
and to be accepted by the over
seer of the roads, an efficient hand
not subject to be called 20 work on
the public roads, shall forfeit and
pay the sum of two dollars per day
for each person so ncglecting or
refusing, to be recovered with costs,
by Judgment before any justice ofthe-
peace in the ward, and paid by said
Justice to the overseer; and in defaul:
Of payment Of said Gne, the persons
so failing to pay shai. be imprisoned
in the parish prison thirty days,
said imprisonment to be enforced
by information or indictment before
the District Court. and it shall be
the duty of the different road over
.seers Of the parish TO furnish the
District Attorney with a list OF all
auch persons who fail to pay said
fines without delay; provided that
any person so sommoncd shall be
excused from road duty, upon pay
ment to the road overseer by whom
he may be summoned, of the sum Of
one dollar for each day he may be
so summoned, said sum to be paya-
bic within the t%wenty.four hours
next after the summons may be serv.
cd upon him, otherwise the penalty
provided herein, shall he enforced
against him; said sum when SO paid
over 70 the overseer, to be expcrd'
ed by him in hiring laborers to work
on said road, or purchasing material
at option of the overseer. That any
person who shall evade or seek to
evade the road duty, by giving to
ihe overseer or his deputy when
called upon to perform the same, o
false name OF age as his own, Or
who shall refuse to give his name
shall pay a fnc Of twenty-five 1929
dollars and costs, the tiue to
be recovered before the nearest Jus
tice Of the peace, upon complaint
OF any overseer to that eject; and
in default of the payment Of the fine
within t%venty-four hours after judg'
ment, the person so in default shall
be imprisoned thirty days in the
parish prison, to be enforced Ivy
indictment or information before
the District Court. That no person
can be compelled to cross a naviga'
BILE stream to work on a public
road when there is a public road on
his side of said stream. except by
special act of the Police Jury.
WHAT CONSTITUTES A BAYS WORK.
SEC. IL. BE it ordained, ETC., That
any person liable to do road duty
Who shall ia obedience 10 the sum
mons of the ovcrsecr, attend, aud
does not work faithfully, at least
eight hours during each day so sum.
moned, shall not be considered as
having done a days work, and shall
be entitled to credit for only the
time he works, and not for such
time as he may be in attendance
but idling.
IDLE TIME DEDUCTED.
Sec. II. Be it ordained, ETC., That
the overseer be and is hereby au-
thorized to deduct the time so idled
away, by such persons as may be
summoned to work on the public
road, and shall have the authority
to continue to call them out from
time to time, to make up the time so
idIcd away, and upon the failure or
refusal OF any person to attend upon
such summons to make up such
deficit, he shall he liable to the
same fines imposed in Section 40
upon persons failing, refusing
or ~neglecting to attend when sum
moned, said fines to lie recovered
in the manner provided in said sec
tion.
Sec. 10. Be it ordained, etc, That
they he further required to constant.
~ keep and maintain in good aud
safe order The public roads in the
district Of which they are ovcrseer,
together with the necessary bridges
causeways, bitches, drains, mile post:
and direction boards thereon, and